Machine-braided torchon lace and method of making the same



May 4,1926. 1,583,273

E. BOSEBECK IACHIIIE BRAIDED TORCHON LACE AND METHOD OF IAKING THE SAMEFiled Jan. 6, 1923 Fig. 1

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Patented May 4, 1926.

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EMIL BilSEBECK, BARMEN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO MAX HENKELS, OF NEW YORK,N. Y.

IEACEINE-BRAIDED TOR-CECE LACE AND I'v'IETEOID F MAI'Z ING S.A1lIIE.

Application filed January 6, 1823. Serial No. 611,065.

T 0 all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that 1, Earn; Bosnnncn, a citizen of the German Empire,residing at Barmen, Germany, have invented certain 5 new and usefulImprovements in Machine Braided Torchon Laces and Methods of Making theSame, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture 1 of leaflets in torchon lace,that is, in lace in which the relatively wide-meshed ground is replacedat certain places by a smallineshed ground, on which latter the leafletis produced. 1 I

Such leaflets have hitherto been made by selecting a number of threadsfrom the ground threads of the'lace and arranging them substantially inthe longitudinal direction of the leaf figure and simultaneously leadinganother selected ground thread to and fro in transverse direction andinterbraiding it with the longitudinal threads. The leaflets formed inthisinanner are connected with the ground at the two ends of the leafletonly, in consequence of which the leaflet is merely looselysuperimposedupon the ground, does not contribute to the tenacity of thelace. and being in such loose connection with the lace proper, is easilytorn loose.

The object of the present invention is to produce on a single-threadlace braiding machine of well known construction leaflets which willstand out in bold relief from both sides of the lace and which areintimately incorporated in the undisturbed smallmeshed ground all aroundtheir circumference, adding thereby greatly to the beauty and also tothe strength of the lace at a 40 minimum expenditure of material andlabor.

The invention consists in the improved method of producing theseleaflets by interb aiding three sets of ground threads against only twosets employed in the prior art. The invention includes lace produced bythe new method.

A characteristic of the new lace is that each leaflet is connected tothe circuinjacent small-meshed ground all around its circumference whichmakes for great strength of the lace due to the stability of the leafletin the ground, as contrasted with the rather sparingly connectedleaflets in the prior art. The double-sided strong relief effect isobtained by closely concentrating the three and adjoining ground on line3+8 of Fig. 1.;

Referring now to Fig. 1, the lace comprises a'wide-meshed net consistingof two groups of diagonally intercrossing braided bars or pillars b, binterconnected at their respective crossing points'a.

torchon lace,'replaced by a small-meshed net 0 worked in a so-calledhalf-stitch or loose mesh, the threads froin'the braided bars 6, 6entering the loose meshed groundwork, some of them in the diagonal, andsome of them in the transverse direction of the fabric, as shown. i I

To the loose-meshed groundwork 0, leaflets d are applied. To form saidfigures, a number of threads, three for instance, are selected from theground-work threads and enter one end of the figure, and take the coursenow to be described. As more fully illustrated in Fig. 2, two of theselected threads f, f run substantially inthe longitudinal direction ofthe figure (Z, whilst the third selected thread 9 is led continuously toand fro in the transverse direction of said figure between the twolongitudinal threads 7, 7 in such a manner that the thread 9, at each ofits return places, loops around a longitudinal thread f. Now accordingto this invention, the threads 7, f and g are, during the formation ofthe figure, worked into the ground-work which remains uninterrupted atthe place where a figure is to be formed. To this end the threads It, i,which form part of the ground-work c are led substantially transverselythrough the figure d and braided with the longitudinal threads f, 7 aswell as with the thread 9 which runs to and fro in the figure, as cleanly shown in Fig. 2. By these means a heavy accumulation of threads inthe figure is obtained as a result of which the leaflet stands out instrong relief from the groundwork of the lace, and what is more, standsout in relief from both sides of the latter. Consequently, the range ofapplication of At certain places this wide-meshed net 1s, as usual in(ill the new lace is greatly increased, since it may be applied toadvantage to curtains and similar articles which as a rule are viewablefrom both sides and should therefore show the pattern alike on bothfaces. Furthermore, from the feature that the leaflet is firmly workedinto the ground all around its circumference it is readilyunderstandable that the new lace is of exceeding firinness anddurability.

What I claim is 1. The described method of producing in machine-braidedtorchon lace leaflets stand- .ing Ollb in relief from both sides of theground and incorporated therein all around their circumference, whichmethod comprises causing each leaflet to be formed in the uninterruptedsniall-nieshed ground portions by using certain of the small-meshedground threads, extending lengthwise of the leaflet to be made, toeforinthe leaflet skeleton, interbraidingvvith these skeleton threads otherselected small-meshed ground threads sub-- stantially transverselyintercrossing said skeleton threads, and, further, respectivelyloopingly and intercrossingly interweaving mergers with said skeletonand said transverse threads a selected transversely meandering fillingthread, likewise taken from the smallineshed ground, and closelyaggregatingthe said three sets of small-meshed ground threads Within theconfines of the leaflet toproduce the desired double-faced reliefeffect. 2. A machine-braided torchon lace, presenting leaflets standingout in relief from both sides of the ground and incorporated therein allaround their circumference, in which each leaflet is formed by aplurality of skeleton threads taken from the smallniesl ed ground ande:-;tending lengthwise of the leaflet, by other selected small-meshedground threads substantially transversely intererossing said skeletonthreads, and, furher, by a transversely meandering sniallmeshed groundthread respectively interwoven with the said skeleton and said transverse threads, and all three sets of ground threads being closelyaggregating Within the confines of the leaflet defined by said skeletonthreads.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EMIL BCSEB'ECK.

